Professor Wasserstrom discussed three criminal law and procedure cases which the Supreme Court will hear this term. In U.S. v. Lopez, at issue is the constitutionality of a statute that makes it a federal crime to possess a gun within 1,000 feet of any school property. Harris v. Alabama is a death penalty case in which Harris was convicted of capital murder. The judge in the case overrode the jury’s 7-to-4 recommendation of life imprisonment and sentenced her to death, and Harris contends that there are insufficient criteria in Alabama law to prevent discriminatory arbitrary sentencing. Schlup v. Delo is also a capitol murder case, but the defendant claims that after he was convicted, “evidence of actual innocence” was discovered, but his case was refused review by a federal court.